Railway car



Jun 23, 1925.

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I E. POSSON RAILWAY CAR Filed July 19, 1922 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Zgwunpl Poqson Y Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES EDWARD rossolv. or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed July 19, 1922. Serial No. 576,026.

An important object of the invent-ion is to provide a railway car having a steel frame construction embodiedin the side walls. A further object is to provide a car wall hav ing improved steel door posts and interme diate improved posts embodied in the side Wall. A further object is to provide improvedmeans for connecting the side plates to the carlines. Still another object is to provide an improved frame construction adapted for single sheathed and double sheathed cars. Other objects relate to various features of construction andarrangement which will appear more clearly hereinafter.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the following specification taken with the accompanying drawings in which two embodiments are illustrated. In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal vertical section through a portion of a railway freight car embodying the features of the present invention; Fig. 2 shows a horizontal section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 shows an enlarged side elevation of a portion of the side wall of the car; Fig. 4 shows a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 shows a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 shows a transverse vertical section on the line 66 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 shows an enlarged detailed section taken transversely of the car showing the method of connecting the side plates to the transverse carlines; Fig. 8 shows a detailed vertical section taken longitudinally of the car through a portion of thecar roof and theend plate, showing the construction adjacent the end wall of the car; Fig. 9 is a perspective View of the outer end of one of the carlines; Fig. 10 is an enlarged vertical section through the side wall of the car between two of the intermediate posts, illustrating the. construction of the roof sheets at the side of the car and the method of connecting the outside sheathing to the floor boards and the side sills of-the of supporting the door on its track and guidewa-y; Fig. 12 shows an enlarged hori zontal section through the side wall of the car, adjacent the end wall of the car showing the construction of the corner post, intermediate posts, and the tie rods which extend diagonally between the posts; Fig. 13 is an enlarged horizontal section taken through the door posts and the side wall of the car, showing the relation thereto of the car door; Fig. 14 is an enlarged vertical section through the side wall of the car, showing the method of making a grain tight and waterproof closure along the lower edge of the side wall; Fig. 15 is an enlarged vertical section through the upper door sill and side plate above the (lOOT'OPBL L- ing; Fig. 16 a transverse vertical section through the lower part of the side wall and the floor of a car showing a modified form of construction for forming a tight closure between the inside sheathing and the floor of the car; and Fig. 17 a horizontal section through the side wall of the car, showing a modified construction of the door post and a modified arrangement of the sheathing.

The invention is illustrated in connection with a railway car, having an under-frame comprising longitudinal center sills 20, transverse sills 21 and side sills 22, these parts being connected together by rivets and other supplementary members in the usual manner. Theunder-frame thus formed is adapted to support the car floor 24 and the side walls 25 extend upwardly from the outer sides of the under-frame Each side wall has a steel. frame structure made up of a plurality of pressed steel or rolled steel sections which are rigidly secured together to form a trussed wall construction and adapted to strengthen the construction of the car and supplement the underframe; in carrying the load. This side wall construction comprises steel door post sections 25 having the cross section illustrated particularly in Fig. 13. Each section comprises a web 25, side walls 25 and 25 and flanges 25 and 25 formed on the side walls 25 and 25", respectively. The side wall 25 extends outwardly beyond the'side wall 25 and the flange 25 is directed therefrom toward the door opening 26, forming an angular recess adapted to receive the wooden post 27. The flange 25 is directed toward the end of the car from the wall 25 of the steel post, forming another angular recess .adapted to receive the post or filler block 28. The inside sheathing 29 of the car wall overlies the web 25 of the post on its inner side and is adapted to be secured to the wooden members 27 and 28. A face plate 30 overlies the post 27 and the inside sheathing 29 on the inside of the car and extends vertically at each edge of the door opening The outside sheathing 31 engages a notch in the filler block 28 and has its outer surface lying flush with the outer surface of the flange 25. Between each steel door post 25 and the end wall of the car are a plurality of intermediate steel posts 35, of channel form, having webs 35, side walls 35 and flanges 35 extending longitudinally of the car from the outer edges of the side walls 35". The inside sheatl'iing 29 contacts with the inner surface of each web 35" and vertical wooden filler blocks 36 are inserted between the inside sheathing and the flanges 35 in contact with the side walls 35". At the corners of the car the side walls are provided with steel end posts 38, each post comprising a flange 38 lying in contact with the inside sheathing 29, an outwardly directed ball 38" and a flange 38 extending toward the door opening in the same plane with the flanges 35 of the intermediate posts. A filler block 39 is inserted between the outside sheathing and the inside sheathing in contact with each wall 38 of the end posts and these filler blocks as well as the filler blocks 28 and 36 are secured to the inside sheathing and to the flanges of the steel posts by means of bolts 40 and nuts 41. In addition, the inside sheathin may be secured to the filler blocks and to the wooden posts 28 by means of nails. These steel posts are secured attheir lower ends by means of rivets to the side sills 22 which are of channel form, as shown particularly in Figs. 10 and 11 and at their upper ends these .posts are secured to the downwardly directed flanges 42 of steel side plates 42 having flanges 42 inclined upwardly and inwardly therefrom to form supports for the car roof. The steel frame work thus formed is reinforced by means of diagonal tie rods 44 which are in the form of flat plates extending between the upper end of each post and the lower end of the next adjacent post, as illustrated particularly in Fig. 1, so that when a load is placed on the car, these diagonal tie rods 44 are put under tension and serve to supplement the action of the other steel frame members of the side wall in supporting the load carried by the underframe. The tie rods 44 are in the form of flat plates,

as shown particularly in Fig. 12, and they are adapted to lie in contact with the innersurface of the outside sheathing 31. Each tie rod or plate 44 is seated in a recess 45 formed in a wooden tie member 46 adapted to extend between the inside sheathing and the outside sheathing and to form a stiffener resisting side pressure on the sheathing and supplementing the action of the metallic members 44 in reinforcing the side wall construction.

The car floor is provided along the lower edge of each door opening with a metal door plate 47 and a wooden door sill 48 extends along the upper boundary of each door opening. 'A plurality of longitudinal wooden members 49 are mounted above each door sill 48 outwardly from the flange 42 of the steel side plate 42 and one of these members 49 is extended longitudinally of the car as shown in Fig. 10 and forms a support for the upper extremities of the outside sheathing 31 which engages the undercut notch 50 in each member 49. An outer horizontal face plate 51 is secured to the outer side of the sheathing 31 and overlaps the wooden side plate 49 and is adapted to have the outer down-turned edge 52 of a metal sheet secured thereto. The metal sheet 52 is of angular form and extends upwardly over thereof boards 53 with its upper edge turned downwardly to overlie the inturned edges 54" of the roof sheets 54, thus forming a water-tight closure along the edge of the roof. The member 42 is secured to the posts of the side wall and to the longitudinal members 49 by means of bolts 55 and the upper flange 42 of the side plate 42, which is directed up'warely and inwardly, is secured by rivets to the upper flanges 56" of the car-lines 56. These carlines are of pressed steel construction, being substantially channel shaped in form, as shown in Fig. 9, with outwardly directed flanges 56 along the upper edges thereof. These flanges are depressed at their outer ends as shown at 57 to receive the flanges 42 of the side plates and these parts are secured together by rivets to furnish a rigid connection between the opposite side wall structures. Each carline is provided with other depressions 58 to receive the purlines 59 and the ridge pole 60, as shown in Fig. 6, the upper surfaces of the members 59 and 60 being adapted to support the roof boards 53. A metallic cap member 61, extending longitudinally of the car is mounted above the roof sheets directly over the ridge pole to preventthe entrance of moisture into the car along the dividing line of the roof beneath the running board 62. At the end of the car the roof sheets 54 Ill) are bent downwardly as shown at 54 to In the construction illustrated, the end wall is formed of corrugated sheet metal 65, having a wooden backing 66, as shown in Fig. 1 and themetal sheet65 is extended upwardly beneath the face plate 63 and the steel end plate .67, which is of angular cross section as shown in Fig. 8, having one flange directed downwardly in contact with the end wall and the other flange extended hori-v zontally in contact with the under side of the roof. At the sides of the car the sheet 1 metal end wall 65 is extended around the inside sheathing and united to the corner or end post 38 by rivets 68 as shown in Fig. 12.

At the bottoms of the side walls, the door posts, the intermediate posts and end posts are secured to the side sills 22 as previously described and as shown in Fig. 10', the space between the'outside sheathing 31and the sidesill 22. is occupied'by a filler block 70 made up in sections, each adapted to fit between two adjacent vertical posts. The blocks 70 extend upwardly to the upper edges of the floor boards and are provided with outwardly and upwardly inclined top surfaces 7 0 which are adapted to direct grain or other materials collecting between the inside and the outside sheathing back onto the floor of the car. The blocks 70 are supported by angle iron members 71 which are secured to the side sills by rivets 7 2 and to the blocks 70 by bolts'73.

Beneath the door openings in the car walls, blocks 74 of rectangular cross section are substituted for the blocks 70, as shown in Fig. 11 and the floor boards 24 extend outwardly over the members 74 beneath the door plates 47 previously described. The side sills 22 and the members 70 and 74 form supports for a longitudinal track member 75 which is spaced downwardly from the members 74 by brackets 76 and secured to the members 74 and 22 by bolts 77. The car door 80 is formed with Z-bars 81 extending horizontally along the upper and lower edges thereof and with similar Z-bars extending vertically along the leading and following edges thereof. These Z-bars form a rectangular frame to which an outer sheet metal covering 82 is secured by means of rivets 83. A wooden frame member 84 extends transversely of the door between the upper and lower edges thereof to form additional support for the sheet metal 82. The lower edge of the door has brackets 85 secured thereto and these brackets are provided with rollers 86 adapted to travel on the track member 7 5. This track member has a clown-turned flange 75 and a hook 85 formed on the bracket is adapted to extend around thisflange to prevent the outward swinging of the lower'part of the door away from the "t-rackj- The flange 81 of the Z-bar along the topof the door extends upwardly between the door sill 48 and a plate 88 which is secured to the member 49 and which projects downwardly therefrom. This plate has an outwardly directedflange 88 formed thereon, and hook members 89 secured tothe upper part of the door are adapted to project outwardly and thence inwardly over this flange, as shown, in Fig. 11, so that if the support for thedoor along the lower edge thereof breaks or becomes defective, the dropping of the door will be preventedby the engagement of thehook members 89 with the .upper surfaces ofthe flanges 8'8. r I As shown,;in Fig. 13, an angle bar :90 is secured to the wall 25 of the steel doorpost at the leading edge of the door opening with the outer flange thereof directed toward the door opening so that when the door. isfully closed'theprojecting flange 81 of the 2 bar alongthe edge of the door opening will pass between this flange and the adjacent flange 25 of the door post,

thus forming a grain tight closure along one edge of the door. The flange 81 of the 2 bar at'the trailing edge of the door has a hook shaped plate 91 secured thereto and adapted to extend around the projecting flange of another angle'bar 92 secured to the door post 25 at the adjacent side of the door opening. In this way a grain tight closure is formed along the trailing edge of the door." The door is shown as being locked in position by certain locking mechanism 93 which does notform a part of the present invention since it is described and claimed in my copending applications, Serial No. 445,592, filed February 17 5192-1 and Serial No. 532,514, filed J anuary28,-199.2.

The construction heretofore described relates primarily to a double sheathedfreight car but the same methods of construction may be employed in a single sheathed car, except that'it'may be desirable in some instances ,tomodify the means of connecting the sheathing with the outer edges of the car floor. One such modified form of construction is illustrated in Fig. 14'where a metal strip 100 having beveled edges 100 is 'secured to the side sill 101 by means of rivets 102 and arranged to project upwardly be yond the upper horizontal flange 101 of the side sill, the sheathing 103 secured to the posts-104 being extended downwardly between the plate'lOO and the outer edge of the floor 105. The floor is secured to the flange 10 1 of the side sill by rivets 106 and the lower board of the sheathing is secured to the plate 100 by rivets; 107. Packing material 108 may be driven into the crack between ,the edge of the floor and the lower part of the sheath. Tliisco-nstruction forms a grain tight joint along the edge of the floor and is adapted to prevent the entrance of moisture into the ear adjacent the floor.

In Fig." 15 there is illustrated a modified form of construction in which the sheet metal plate 110, connected to the roof sheets lll by a Water tight joint 112, is extended downwardly to overlap the car door guide 113, all of these parts being supported by a steel side plate 114 similar to that previously described.

In Fig. 16 there is illustrated another form of construction, adapted for use in a single sheathed car. In this embodiment thesheathing 1'15 carried by the posts 116 is provided on its lower edge with a Z-bar 117 secured thereto by rivets 118 and having its downwardly directed flange located betweenthe edge of the floor 119 and the op posite faces of the posts 116.

In Fig. 17 there is illustrated a modification adapted for use in a single sheathed car.v In this construction the door posts 120 and the intermediate posts 121, similar to those previously described, have filler blocks 122 secured thereto by bolts 123 and the members 120 are reinforced by the addition of wooden posts 1241 located along the edges of the door opening. The sheathing 125 engages'the inner surfaces of the posts 120 and 121 and fits into the recess 12 1 which is formed in the wooden door post, thus providing a rigid wall construction in a single sheathed car.

Although certain embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail, it will be understood that these embodiments are intended merely to illustrate certain forms which the invention may take and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

I claim 1. A railway car comprising a steel corner post, said corner post being of channeled form with transverse flanges extending in opposite directions from the side walls thereof, a wooden corner post mounted in contact with one side wall and one transverse flange of said steel corner post, a wooden filler block mounted in contact with the other side wall and the other transverse flange of said corner post, and sheathing engaging the outer sides of said wooden corner post and said wooden filler block opposite said transverse flanges.

2. A railway car comprising a steel corner post, said corner post being of channeled form with transverse flanges extending in opposite directions from the side walls thereof, a wooden corner post mounted in contact with one side wall and one transverse flange of said steel corner post, a wooden filler block mounted in contact with the other side wall and the other transverse flange of said corner post, sheathing engaging '3. A railway car comprising steel side posts having transverse flanges, wooden filler blocks mounted on said posts on the outer sides of said flanges, flat tie rods extending diagonally between said side posts,- wooden filler blocks extending diagonally between said posts and having longitudinal recesses therein to receive said flat tie rods, and sheathing mounted on the outer sides of said posts in contact with said wooden filler blocks.

1. A railway car comprising steel sid posts, a side plate of angle form having one flange secured to the upper ends of said.

posts and the other flange directed inwardly therefrom, steel carlines having their outer ends secured to the under side of the inwardly directed flange of said side plate, wooden filler blocks mountedbetween said posts and secured to the outer side of the upwardly extending flange ofv said *side plate, and roof boards extendingover said side plate above said filler blocks.

5. A railway car comprising 'an underframe, a plurality of steel posts extending vertically from said underframe, wooden members secured to said steel posts and extending vertically therewith, steel tie rods extending diagonally between said posts and wooden members recessed to receive and extending diagonally with said tie rods.

6. A railway car comprising an under frame, steel posts of channel form extending upwardly from said underframe, each of said posts having flanges extending longitudinally of the car therefrom, sheathing engaging said posts on the sides thereof op posite said flanges and wooden filler blocks mounted between said flanges and said sheathing and secured to said posts.

7. A railway car comprising a steel side sill, a plurality of steel posts extending ver tically from said side sill, a steel side plate secured to the upper ends of said posts, wooden filler blocks extending horizontally between said posts on the outer sides of said side sill and said side plate, and sheathing in contact with the outer sides of said filler blocks and with the outer surfaces of said vertical posts.

8. A railway car comprising a steel side sill, a plurality of steel posts extending vertically from said side sill, a steel side plate secured to the upper ends of said posts, wooden filler blocks extending horizontally between said posts on the outer sides of said side sill and said side plate, sheathing in contact with the outer sides of said filler blocks, and with the outer surfaces of said vertical posts, and other wooden filler blocks extending vertically along said posts and engaging said sheathing. V p

9. A railway car comprising a steel side sill, a plurality of steel posts extending vertically from said side sill, a steel side plate secured to the upper ends of said posts, Wooden filler blocks extending horizontally between said posts on the outer sides of said side sill and said side plate, sheathing in contact With the outer sides of said filler blocks and with the outer surfaces of said vertical posts, other Wooden filler blocks ex tending Vertically along said posts and engaging said sheathing, steel'tie rods extending diagonally between said posts, Wooden 10 members secured to the inner sides of said tie rods and inside sheathing secured to the 1111161 sides of said Wooden members and i said posts.

EDWARD PossoN. 

